9.99% volatility in Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) last month: This is a red flag warning

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) on Tuesday, plunged -6.71% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $3.28. Within the past 52 weeks, WOOF’s price has moved between $1.41 and $6.29.

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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 6.87% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 198.10%. With a float of $133.03 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $239.07 million.

In an organization with 29000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 38.0%, operating margin of 0.12%, and the pretax margin is -2.09%.

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) Insider Updates

Observing investor behavior towards Specialty Retail industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc is 52.03%, while institutional ownership is 58.71%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 31 ’25, was worth 2,574,109. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 849,541 shares at a rate of $3.03, taking the stock ownership to the 853,304 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 28 ’25, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer bought 736,547 for $2.91, making the entire transaction worth $2,143,352. This insider now owns 736,547 shares in total.

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.02 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 198.10% per share during the next fiscal year.

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) Trading Performance Indicators

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.28 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.14. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 17.08.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.37, a number that is poised to hit -0.02 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.18 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (WOOF)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 3.68 million. That was inferior than the volume of 4.5 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 69.88%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.30.

During the past 100 days, Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc’s (WOOF) raw stochastic average was set at 19.45%, which indicates a significant decrease from 50.57% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 150.57% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 83.97% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.85, while its 200-day Moving Average is $3.66. However, in the short run, Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $3.22. Second resistance stands at $3.38. The third major resistance level sits at $3.46. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.98, it is likely to go to the next support level at $2.90. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $2.74.

Petco Health and Wellness Co Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 848.65 million based on 315,126K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 6,116 M and income totals -101,820 K. The company made 1,552 M in profit during its latest quarter, and -13,840 K in sales during its previous quarter.